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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mandate of Heaven | A Chinese belief that leaders who did not govern well for the people would lose heaven’s support 1.1 Granted legitimacy to the ruler and provided religious justification for rulers |
| Confucianism | A Chinese belief system based on moral behavior, unequal relationships, and education 1.1 Was used by the Chinese dynasties to justify and maintain power because it legitimized the social inequality but also set expectations for rulers |
| Filial Piety | The honoring of one’s ancestors 1.1 Helped the Chinese government maintain order because it preached reverence to the emperor and state officials |
| Daoism | A different Chinese belief system that focuses on the natural world and encourages people to disengage with public life and go with the flow 1.1 Provided a complement to Confucianism and became an important guide to people’s personal beliefs. Additionally |
| Examination System | A testing system based on Confucianism that selected candidates for bureaucratic positions based on merit 1.1 Allowed for competent government officials to make decisions while also providing an opportunity for social mobility |
| Chinese Impact on Korea | Included spreading Confucianism, patriarchy, examination systems, and an alphabet 1.1 B Shows how Chinese cultural traditions moderately impacted Korea |
| Chinese Impact of Vietnam | Included confucianism, daoism, and government structures, yet Vietnam retained a their own language and a greater role of women 1.1B Shows how Chinese cultural traditions greatly impacted Vietnam |
| Chinese Impact on Japan | Included many cultural traits such as buddhism, writing, and art, yet Japan was never able to replicate China’s political success 1.1B Shows how Chinese cultural traditions had moderate impact on Japan |
| Champa Rice | A quickly growing type of rice that could be grown twice a year 1.1C Helped increase the food supply allowing for increased population, urbanization, and and more specialization of labor and farming |
| Printing Press | Technology that used moveable type to represent characters of the language to mass produce texts 1.1C Allowed the spreading of religious and agricultural texts because they were so cheap and quick to produce |
| Porcelain | A type of advanced pottery that was highly demanded by other states 1.1C Helping to increase trade and grow the Song economy because everyone wanted to buy the goods |
| Flying/Paper Money | New forms of payment that used credit or paper to purchase goods 1.1C Provided a strong boost to the economy because it was so much easier to trade. However it also caused numerous issues, like revolts and a lack of confidence, when they weren’t managed c |
| Muhammad | A merchant who founded Islam 1.2D Created the Quran and unified Arabia under the beliefs of Islam, starting the first Islamic empire |
| Quran The holy book of Islam 1.2D | Presented monotheistic beliefs and demanded action to address the social inequality in society |
| Umma | The community of believers of Islam 1.2D Bound society by a common religion where all were equal, as opposed to other identities |
| Ulama | a group of scholars that acted as the political and religious elite 1.2 D Helped to unite the Abbasid caliphate by creating a common culture based around Islam and arabic |
| Sufi | An Islamic religious group that wanted to focus on the spirituality of the religion often through mysticism 1.2 E Help to spread the religion since they lived on the frontier and because it was more accessible |
| Fall of Abbasid | Caliphate Occurs in 1258 when the Mongols conquer Baghdad 1.2 E However, the decline begins with the invasion of the Seljuk Turks as the empire began to fragment |
| Seljuk Turks | A group of pastoral Turks from Central Asia 1.2 E Quickened the decline of the Abbasid Caliphate by taking over and led to the fragmentation of the Caliphate |
| Delhi Sultanate | An Islamic state in India formed by Turkic pastoralists 1.2 E Highlighted new Islamic empires that emerged from the fragmentation of the Abbasid |
| House of Wisdom | An academic center in the Abbasid Caliphate that serves as a center of learning and research 1.2 F Shows how the Abbasid encouraged innovations and transfer of knowledge by attracting scholars from all over the world |
| Islamic Contributions to Medicine | Include many contributions to the knowledge behind diseases and anatomy, as well as hospital infrastructure 1.2 F These contributions highlight how innovative the Abbasid Caliphate was and how their ideas spread |
| Islamic Contributions to Science/Math | Include origins of chemistry and physics as well as the spread of Arabic numerals 1.2 F These contributions were a result of Muslims preserving Greek and Roman knowledge and improving upon it, before spreading it back to Europe |
| Hinduism | a South Asian religion that believes in reincarnation (that the soul is reborn into a new body) and karma (that your actions in life determine how you are reincarnated) 1.3 G Impacts society by rigidly organizing everyone into a social caste system that d |
| Buddhism | A South Asian religion that branches off of Hinduism. It’s goal is to achieve nirvana and responds to Hinduism by doing away with the Caste System 1.3 G Impacts society by providing a much more accessible religion that provides equality to the lowest peop |
| Mahayana Buddhism | A new form of Buddhism in which enlightenment was available to everyone as they would become bodhisattvas 1.3 G Represented a more accessible form of the religion which also was an adaptation to polytheism |
| Bhakti Movement | A new kind of popular Hinduism that involved worship of a specific deity 1.3 G Allowed some opportunities for lower castes to gain equal treatment and represents the impact of Islam on South Asia |
| Monasticism | A practice where monks and nun seclude themselves from society in order to study the religion 1.3 G Provided opportunity for women and low caste individuals to escape from a more oppressive society. |
| Caste System | A system of social hierarchy in Hinduism that measures progress towards moksha 1.3 G Created a very rigid social structure that determined people’s jobs and opportunities |
| Vijayanagar Empire | An empire in South Asia, 1.3 H Formed to maintain a Hindu state in the face of Muslim conquest in the north, but was also a place where Hindus and Muslims had friendly relations within its borders |
| Srivijaya Empire | A trading empire in Southeast Asia 1.3 H Was able to maintain its power by controlling the Straits of Malacca and the trade routes from the Indian Ocean to China |
| Bantu Migrations | The movement of the Bantu people from Western Africa towards the Southern portion of the continent 1.5 J Resulted in the spread of the Bantu langue, agricultural techniques, and iron-working throughout Africa |
| Mali | An empire in Western Africa 1.5 J Benefitted from controlling the Trans-Saharan trade network and taxing the trade that went on there. Additionally known for being one of the first Islamic Kingdoms in Western Africa |
| Ethiopia | An empire in Eastern Africa 1.5 J Used Christianity as an unifying tool to centralize power and culturally bring the people together |
| Judaism | A religion based on monotheism and a singular god that you can have a personal relationship with 1.5 K Laid the groundwork for the spread of Christianity and Islam |
| Christianity | An off-shoot of Judaism that believes in the divinity and teachings of Jesus 1.5 K Spread throughout the Roman Empire and became the most common religion in Europe |
| Saint Paul | A missionary who was an early convert to Christianity 1.5 K Help to spread Christianity and make it a major religions |
| Feudalism | A highly decentralized system of government where vassals would give loyalty in return for land 1.5 L Led to many wars and conflict, increased a need for developing technology, and emphasized warrior elites, while also leading to weaker states |
| Manorialism | The system of land-owning in feudalism where a lord owns the land and serf work on it 1.5 M Was the economic side of feudalism and was responsible for agricultural produciton |
| Serfdom Peasant | laborers who were tied to the estate they worked on and were no personal property 1.5 M Provided the main form of agricultural labor for the lords and provided protection for the serfs. |
| Impact of Catholic Church | The main church in Europe with a organized hierarchy and presence all over the continent 1.5 K Fulfilled some of the political and administrative roles of the Roman Empire, and offered legitimacy to Kings and empires. Also helped to culturally unify Europ |
| Crusades | A series of holy wars in which Catholic European rulers united in order to reclaim the Jerusalem from Muslim control 1.5 K Resulted in increased European interaction with the Muslim world and led to the cross-cultural exchange of goods and technology. Fin |
| Bhakti Movement | A new kind of popular Hinduism that involved worship of a specific deity 1.3 G Allowed some opportunities for lower castes to gain equal treatment and represents the impact of Islam on South Asia |
| Monasticism | A practice where monks and nun seclude themselves from society in order to study the religion 1.3 G Provided opportunity for women and low caste individuals to escape from a more oppressive society. |
| Caste System | A system of social hierarchy in Hinduism that measures progress towards moksha 1.3 G Created a very rigid social structure that determined people’s jobs and opportunities |
| Vijayanagar Empire | An empire in South Asia, 1.3 H Formed to maintain a Hindu state in the face of Muslim conquest in the north, but was also a place where Hindus and Muslims had friendly relations within its borders |
| Srivijaya Empire | A trading empire in Southeast Asia 1.3 H Was able to maintain its power by controlling the Straits of Malacca and the trade routes from the Indian Ocean to China |
| Bantu Migrations | The movement of the Bantu people from Western Africa towards the Southern portion of the continent 1.5 J Resulted in the spread of the Bantu langue, agricultural techniques, and iron-working throughout Africa |
| Mali | An empire in Western Africa 1.5 J Benefitted from controlling the Trans-Saharan trade network and taxing the trade that went on there. Additionally known for being one of the first Islamic Kingdoms in Western Africa |
| Ethiopia | An empire in Eastern Africa 1.5 J Used Christianity as an unifying tool to centralize power and culturally bring the people together |
| Judaism | A religion based on monotheism and a singular god that you can have a personal relationship with 1.5 K Laid the groundwork for the spread of Christianity and Islam |
| Christianity | An off-shoot of Judaism that believes in the divinity and teachings of Jesus 1.5 K Spread throughout the Roman Empire and became the most common religion in Europe |
| Saint Paul | A missionary who was an early convert to Christianity 1.5 K Help to spread Christianity and make it a major religions |
| Feudalism | A highly decentralized system of government where vassals would give loyalty in return for land 1.5 L Led to many wars and conflict, increased a need for developing technology, and emphasized warrior elites, while also leading to weaker states |
| Manorialism | The system of land-owning in feudalism where a lord owns the land and serf work on it 1.5 M Was the economic side of feudalism and was responsible for agricultural produciton |
| Serfdom Peasant | laborers who were tied to the estate they worked on and were no personal property 1.5 M Provided the main form of agricultural labor for the lords and provided protection for the serfs. |
| Impact of Catholic Church | The main church in Europe with a organized hierarchy and presence all over the continent 1.5 K Fulfilled some of the political and administrative roles of the Roman Empire, and offered legitimacy to Kings and empires. Also helped to culturally unify Euro |
| Crusades | A series of holy wars in which Catholic European rulers united in order to reclaim the Jerusalem from Muslim control 1.5 K Resulted in increased European interaction with the Muslim world and led to the cross-cultural exchange of goods and techno |
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